Meet Deidre
Build To Rock Lead Coach
Build To Rock™ is a business and brand building system and coaching program for smart small business owners like you; designed to help you become an ideal client magnet; clearly communicate what makes you different and why prospects and clients should choose you over anyone else; regardless of your fees.


The LeapZone Learning Lab
No-nonsense courses to help you master the skills + mindset you need to grow your brand and your business. The LeapZone Learning Lab is about smart courses for smart leaders and business owners because, to increase revenue and become a powerhouse in your industry, you have to master the basics of mindset, branding, positioning and business. Period.
Business & Branding Made Simple.
Our Story
What have I done?
Screams the look on Isabelle’s face after the biggest decision of her life. In the span of walking Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver, we had just made the unanimous decision to sell our ten year old, successful and award-winning creative firm.
In 2005, though we had truly enjoyed our work, the successes we’d achieved, and the team we’d assembled, we discovered that our underlying need to dig deeper, beyond the external business communications, was growing and we were no longer fulfilled by our business. So we sold our creative firm and took 2006 to travel the world and think; to contemplate our greatest accomplishments and the mistakes we made along the way; to ask ourselves, what does make us tick?
There were a tremendous amount of insights gained that year, but our biggest realization was that business is not who we are…it is what we do; and measuring success can be achieved by simply measuring our level of happiness.
So with that in mind, in 2007 we established our current venture, applying our past experience and facing our future with renewed desire and drive. Needless to say, we have a lot to say about business performance and keeping things simple.
We are a small company by design, because we believe that this allows us the freedom to excel, and help motivated entrepreneurs and small business owners raise the bar through business strategies, performance coaching and brand alignment. Our experience creating and running two successful businesses (and yes, that includes many hide-your-head-in-the-sand mistakes!) is one of our biggest assets and we want to share some of our most crucial learnings with you to help you live your best life while running a business.
We strongly believe that when great engineering meets outstanding, effortless performance, it results in an outrageously fun life. And we are living proof! We have lead a creative firm that pioneered in achieving more in less time, and currently run our second business on even more finely-tuned skills, resulting in being highly profitable from year one. And here’s the kicker, we take at least twelve weeks off per year to travel, explore, and live our ideal life.
So, what is The Next Big Thing according to us?
Walk your talk. (Yup! It’s that simple)
The key behind walking your talk is high-level performance from you and your team; the key behind high-level performance is action – taking consistent action to reach your goals; and the key behind action is setting a common, driven intention that every member of your team lives and breathes.
Now with that being said, you must understand one simple concept: NO-THING works on its own. It is the people behind any given system or procedure that determine its success. For example, have you ever committed to going to the gym three times a week? Usually, the first week is outstanding, attendance is immaculate. Gold star for you! The second week, that very important meeting couldn’t be scheduled anywhere else, you only missed once. Third week, you forgot about that very big deadline and only make it to the gym once. And by the fourth week……the gym?
Now, the gym hasn’t suddenly disappeared into thin air, the equipment didn’t go on strike and walk out. The difference here started with your level of intention. Your good intention of incorporating physical fitness into your life slowly decreased, affecting your ability to take consistent action and get yourself to the gym, and finally the performance of your health suffers because of lack of physical activity. Same with business.
Just because one method works for one business, doesn’t mean the same method will work for another. It all depends on the intention behind the team, behind the method. And beware, when you hear yourself say “It’s working!” you’re very close to screwing it up, for the simple fact that you think IT is working.
As a result of having helped hundreds of entrepreneurs over the years, we have discovered the most common Top Three Reasons Why Small Businesses Underperform.
The business owners:
- think they’re caring for their business, but are actually micromanaging it;
- think they’re being strategic, but are simply taking every opportunity that comes their way; and,
- think they’ve started a business to change the world in some way, but become too busy running their business, and the world ends up waiting another year.
A successful business starts with awareness. As a business owner, it is imperative that you be significantly aware of your actions and the results and consequences they bring.
How are you an expansion prevention machine?
Are you being caring or controlling? Are you proactive or reactive? Do you ensure your greater purpose is being served?
Over the years, we have found that a sure-fire way to increase your awareness as a business owner, and consequently increase your business performance, is to have third party support. A coach or mentor outside of your business core to help you with strategy, perspective, resources, accountability, and momentum. ‘Cause when you’re in the frame, you can’t see the picture! We have worked with a coach for fifteen years now, and our performance as individuals, as a team, and as a company is always being pushed. We are constantly making small shifts to keep delivering on our promise day in and day out. To us, our performance is our brand because it is what our customers experience when they interact with us.*

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In short, we walk our talk.
HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT
Our team brings decades of hands-on experience empowering entrepreneurs and business leaders from all industries to gain a higher level of clarity about who they are and what they want to raise the bar on in their business and brand – by overcoming major blocks, getting the right people in the right seats, dealing with tough decisions, and becoming a consistent and successful promise delivery system.
One major aspect that truly sets us apart from other coaches and branding firms is that we bridge the gap between business and branding. Our process is based on 3 principles: Clarity, Pivotal Shifts and Momentum. We look at your business from a strategic and tactical level, and also bring our extensive brand-building expertise to the table. We specialize in helping entrepreneurs consistently grow their business while loving life. By combining our insatiable business savvy with our in-depth knowledge on brand strategy and implementation, we help businesses dig deeper into their organization to raise the bar and propel to the level of achievement and success that they want.
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
The 3 guiding principles behind LeapZone Strategies are quite simple: Clarity, Pivotal Shifts and Momentum. We apply these principles to our process by helping motivated entrepreneurs and business leaders get clear on who they are and where they want to go as a business; identify and make the necessary pivotal shifts to initiate a common focus for their team and their communications; and build a consistent momentum to increase smart productivity, teamwork, and working with purpose.
When continuous flows of clarity, pivotal shifts and momentum are combined, a powerful force is generated that we call the LEAPZONE™. We believe the more an entrepreneur or business leader can master these flows, the stronger the LEAPZONE™ catapults them to grow and succeed.
In short, our process provides a complete entrepreneur, business and brand workout, based on the above guiding principles through business strategy, brand alignment, and performance coaching. Our delivery of this process is always in an honest and direct approach with no room for BS.
The combination of this process and delivery benefits entrepreneurs and business leaders in three ways:
ONE: It helps them achieve balance and joy in their lives between work and play. TWO: It helps them align and focus their team and communications to deliver a uniform customer experience. THREE: It helps them move forward at a healthy, strategic and faster pace towards sharing their genius with the world.
It's that simple.
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Our Story
“What have I done?” screams the look on Isabelle’s face after the biggest decision of her life. In the span of walking Granville Street Bridge in Vancouver, we had just made the unanimous decision to sell our ten year old, successful and award-winning creative firm.
"Best speaker we have ever worked with. Isabelle is dynamic, invigorating, entertaining and impactful - and most of all, she is on a mission to leave people feeling on fire and unstoppable!"
~ Roger Killen TEDx Stanley Park

The LeapZone Learning Lab
No-nonsense courses to help you master the skills + mindset you need to grow your brand and your business. The LeapZone Learning Lab is about smart courses for smart leaders and business owners because, to increase revenue and become a powerhouse in your industry, you have to master the basics of mindset, branding, positioning and business. Period.
Business & Branding Made Simple.
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Meet Our Team
Our Approach.
We’re the LeapZone team and we’re bold, fearless, wickedly talented and we love to go above and beyond. We’re beautifully intense about everything we do and are continually looking for ways to elevate our lives and the lives of others.
Our Mission.
Our mission is simple. We want to leave people feeling ON FIRE and UNSTOPPABLE in everything we do.
Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte
BRAND STRATEGIST & BUSINESS PERFORMANCE CATALYST (A.K.A. JET FUEL)
A “no-nonsense” dynamo helping passionate entrepreneurs develop, implement & deliver impactful brands. (FULL BIO)
Margarita Romano
EQUINE-GUIDED STRATEGIST (A.K.A. DETAIL NUT)
A “super freak” processor helping heart-centered entrepreneurs connect the dots to lead spectacular lives driven by heart and soul. (FULL BIO)
Luciano DiMarino
MASTER COACH & IMPLEMENTER (A.K.A. LIFE ADDICT)
A “down-to-earth” fire cracker helping passionate entrepreneurs focus, align, implement, and deliver their mission authentically. (FULL BIO)
And Here's Our Extended Team
Susie Dore
COPYWRITER & STRATEGIST (A.K.A. WORD WIZARD)
A “no filter” communicator helping gutsy entrepreneurs get to the essence of their core message to create authentic brands. (FULL BIO)